That's Show Business with Queensland Pops
What could be more engaging than a 58 piece Symphony orchestra playing your favourite musical theatre tunes? Add the mellow sounds and energetic moves of Rob "Millsy" Mills with the best Australia has to offer in the next wave of musical stars, and you have a night to remember.
The talented students from Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Performing Arts also join Queensland Pops for the 4th year in That's Show Business, playing in Brisbane (August 31) and Toowoomba (September 1).
Star of stage and screen Rob will perform songs from Jesus Christ Superstar, Les Misérables, Grease and Wicked.
There's something endlessly endearing about many hit songs from classic Broadway and West End musicals. A great tune from a Broadway musical has a unique quality that differentiates it from any other pop song.
Musical theatre songs transcend traditional barriers and stereotypes – shining stars of the very best that soaring melody and searing lyric can offer. Their mission is to transport the listener into a vibrant and bewitching sensory paradise.
These timeless songs are best seen and heard from a live performance stage, as they bring back that magic moment when you first witnessed the song live. Even if you never got to experience the stage musical, these songs have so much melody and presence they can still carry you away. That's Show Business!
Fantastic performers are the cornerstone of this noblest art. As musical theatre has evolved, so too has the versatility of its artists. With the stronger demands of the narrative performers have had to become actors, comedians, singers and dancers – what the typical stage producer values most. In the past, there were separate dancing and singing choruses; now everyone is expected to do it all!
Producer Cameron Mackintosh's four shows (Cats, Les Misérables, The Phantom of The Opera and Miss Saigon) have run on Broadway for more than 60 years in total. Internationally, they have made more money than the movies Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park and Titanic put together. Through the mediums of sheet music, radio, movies, home entertainment and age-old word-of-mouth, the wonder of musical theatre has enchanted audiences from every corner of the globe.
That's Show Business is brought to you by Patrick Pickett and the Queensland Pops Orchestra.
That's Show Business
Date: Saturday 31 August, 2019
Time 2:30 & 7:30pm
Place: QPAC
Tickets: www.qpac.com.au or phone 136 246
Date: Sunday 1 September, 2019
Time: 2:30pm
Place: Empire Theatre Toowoomba
Tickets: www.empiretheatre.com.au or phone 1300 655 299
Artists: Queensland Pops Orchestra, Rob Mills and Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Performing Arts